Re: this is getting ridiculous

From: Eli Dart (dart@nersc.gov)
Date: 10/30/01 

To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:53:29 -0800
From: Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov>

I realize I'm proposing a solution that I don't personally have to
implement, but there is a simple way out of this: any address that
punts out this kind of garbage is silently dropped from the list.
Period. Do not pass go, etc.

Several other lists (including bugtraq) do this as a matter of
course....I think it's worth doing. I also like disabling html
email......

my $0.02

                --eli

In reply to "David Kutcher" <david_kutcher@hotmail.com> :

> Could someone change the mailing list to not support attachments or to limit
> message sizes? (I think attachments:no would be a much better idea)
>
> The only way we'd be getting more viruses if we were using AOL accounts...
>
> and maybe also disabling html emails?
>
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